Black and white photographic print showing the Alexandra Bridge opening ceremonies, April 1904. Readable businesses include Cooper's Riverside Mills, L. H. Pursel and Co., and C. N. Alair Stoves.
Black and white photograph showing the Alexandra Bridge getting ready to be moved by ship to Division Street during the building of the fourth canal, c. 1927.
Black and white photograph showing the Alexandra Bridge getting ready to be moved by ship to Division Street during the building of the fourth canal, c. 1927.
Black and white photographic print showing an attempt to remove the New York Central train engine from the Welland Canal, c. 1929. It's unclear if this is from an earlier unsuccessful attempt or the attempt on August 14, 1929 which lifted the engineā¦
Black and white photograph of a baggage car at the Welland Canal Bridge 15 swing bridge, c. 1929. Engine 8419 of the New York Central lines broke away from the cars and went into the canal leaving this car hanging several feet over the edge.